Before (end of 1997) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 17 · Conservative 15 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Other 12
After (end of 1998) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 17 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Conservative 15 · Other 12
Ward results
Buckhurst Hill East1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| C Robins | Liberal Democrats | 687 |
| R Braybrook | Conservative | 242 |
| S. Miller | Labour | 141 |
Buckhurst Hill West1 seat · turnout 32.3%
| A Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 989 |
| J Brokenshire | Conservative | 565 |
| J. Croke | Labour | 106 |
Chigwell Row1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| P. Brooks | Liberal Democrats | 390 |
| R. Warner | Conservative | 283 |
Chigwell Village1 seat · turnout 31.5%
| J. Knapman | RES | 660 |
| B. Sandler | Conservative | 338 |
| Spence C. | Liberal Democrats | 63 |
Debden Green1 seat · turnout 23.8%
| S. Barnes | Labour | 705 |
| L Daniel | Conservative | 221 |
Epping Hemnall1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| A. Boyden | Liberal Democrats | 998 |
| J. Ashbridge | Conservative | 494 |
| B Johns | Labour | 191 |
Epping Lindsey1 seat · turnout 29.4%
| C. Whitbread | Conservative | 511 |
| R. Fitz-Gibbon | Labour | 378 |
| J. O'Brien | RES | 354 |
| I. Black | Liberal Democrats | 164 |
Grange Hill1 seat
| D Bateman | Conservative | 607 ✓ |
| E. Spong | Liberal Democrats | 574 |
Loughton Forest1 seat
| L. Harris | RES | 543 ✓ |
| S Metcalfe | Conservative | 359 |
| J. Hart | Labour | 142 |
| Lucille Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 31 |
Loughton Roding1 seat
| S. Murray | Labour | 981 ✓ |
| L. Parsons | RES | 207 |
| J. Greening | Conservative | 152 |
| P. Netherclift | Liberal Democrats | 64 |
Loughton St John's1 seat
| D. Paddon | RES | 625 |
| C Finn | Conservative | 282 |
| L. Murray | Labour | 252 |
Loughton St. Marys1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| R. Heath | RES | 613 |
| R. Serrelli | Conservative | 240 |
| Trish Owen | Labour | 174 |
Nazeing1 seat · turnout 26.4%
| M. Welch | Conservative | 626 |
| D. Clifton | Labour | 354 |
North Weald Bassett1 seat · turnout 26.8%
| A. Grigg | Conservative | 780 |
| J Childs | Labour | 431 |
Paternoster1 seat · turnout 24.7%
| B Sumner | Labour | 502 |
| G. Harper | Conservative | 319 |
| A. Whitehouse | Liberal Democrats | 41 |
THEYDON BOIS1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| J. Padfield | Conservative | 634 |
| M. Richardson | Liberal Democrats | 259 |
| I Standfast | Labour | 115 |
Waltham Abbey East1 seat · turnout 26.8%
| R. Brownjohn | Conservative | 804 |
| J Langer | Labour | 651 |
| S. Hutchings | Liberal Democrats | 102 |
Waltham Abbey West1 seat · turnout 25.7%
| P. Pennell | Labour | 569 |
| H Taylor | Conservative | 416 |
| C. Whitehouse | Liberal Democrats | 87 |